Interpreting perceived constraints to ethnic and racial recreation participation using a recreation systems approach. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stone, Garrett A.; Gagnon, Ryan J.; Garst, Barry A.; Pinckney, Harrison P.
• Is Part Of: Loisir et société. Volume 41:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 154
• Page End: 170
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: ethnicity -- race -- systems theory -- constraints -- recreation participation; ethnicité -- race -- théorie systémique -- contraintes -- participation récréative; Leisure -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Loisir -- Aspect social -- Périodiques; Leisure -- Social aspects; Periodicals; 306.48
• DOI: 10.1080/07053436.2018.1438135
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0705-3436

Abstract

Abstract : Ethnic and racial minority groups continue to experience limited access to leisure activities, resources, and services. To reverse this trend, leisure scholars have developed numerous models of constraints to recreation participation. The present article introduces an alternative systems approach to modeling constraints, which organizes constraints by their component parts – functions, mechanisms, or capacities – as well as their mode: social, psychological, or biological. Specifically, the article advances More and Averill's Recreation Systems Model and recommends the model as a guide for the design, analysis, and interpretation of ethnic and racial constraints research. The utility of the model is discussed in the context of open-ended questionnaire data collected from indoor competition climbers during the winter of 2014. The authors contend that modeling constraints in a Recreation Systems framework may assist practitioners in efficiently prioritizing and consequently addressing constraints. Future research that quantitatively tests the model and investigates its use by policymakers is needed.